Remove History Remove History Education Remove Teaching
article thumbnail

A Message of Support

NCHE

Im reaching out today as a fellow educator and historian, and as Executive Director of the National Council for History Education, to affirm your professionalism and the importance of your role as history educators. As you know, history is not the past its the study of the past. Hello teachers.

article thumbnail

Your Vote Defends Teaching People’s History

Zinn Education Project

It is more important than ever for students today to learn peoples history a history that looks honestly at the roots of inequality and shares lessons about how people can organize to make the world a better place. Lawmakers are trying to restrict teaching honestly about U.S. Vote today for the Zinn Education Project at CREDO.

History 98
educators

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Most Mississippians can’t pass U.S. citizenship exam. Is American history education the problem?

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. Officials from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation say these results point to longstanding problems with the way American history is taught in schools.

article thumbnail

How do you teach antiracism to the youngest students?

The Hechinger Report

Ankita Ajith is one of four college-age friends who are petitioning the Texas State Board of Education to create an antiracist American history curriculum. In July, Ajith and three of her friends testified before the Texas State Board of Education, demanding changes to the way students are taught.

Teaching 145
article thumbnail

Strengthening Civic Education: The Role of High-Quality Curriculum and Teaching Strategies

TCI

Civic education is the cornerstone of a functioning democracy, yet recent evaluations reveal significant gaps in how it is taught across the nation. history instruction is essential for developing informed, engaged citizens who can navigate the complexities of modern society. History and one semester of civics in high school.

Civics 98
article thumbnail

If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. government as well.

article thumbnail

Maybe you haven’t noticed. SHEG is DIG. DIG is SHEG.

History Tech

The Stanford History Education Group has been around since 2002. Sam Wineburg, SHEG’s founder, one year earlier had published a book titled Thinking Historically and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past.